The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will soon approach the government to seek approval for a Rs 10,000-crore scheme to set up supercomputing and quantum computing centers in a public-private partnership mode, added Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of state in the ministry.

 

“The IT ministry is proposing this and this will include setting up of GPUs (graphics processing units) in PPP mode with data centres in the private space and public data centres under CDAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing),” he added

 

Existing supercomputers such as PARAM will also be included in this plan to create and augment the artificial intelligence (AI) computing capacity in the country, he said. The Centre was likely to allot nearly Rs 10,000 crore for setting up supercomputing and quantum computing hubs in collaboration with the private industry, as per economic times.

 

The proposed computing centers will provide start-ups, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and other businesses with access to high-performance IT either on a rental basis or computing as a service, a senior government official added. .

 

The government will soon publish the draft implementing regulations of the DPDP Law for consultation. Minister Chandrasekhar said these rules contain detailed guidelines to prevent bias from AI-trained algorithms and machines.

 

“The rules will deal with both the issue of misinformation and deep fakes. We will also deal with the issue that no platform should have algorithmic bias or use AI models that are prone to error or bias. We will also deal with illegal loan apps and their advertisement on internet intermediaries,” Chandrasekhar said.